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41) One hot murder
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Katie Bonner, the reluctant manager of Artisans Alley in the quaint shopping district of Victoria Square, is no stranger to ambivalence. Things have been going hot and heavy with pizza maker Andy Rust, so much so that Katie has moved in over his pizza parlor. But now that summer's ushered in a heat wave, an apartment above pizza ovens without an air conditioner is making Katie hot and bothered. At the height of the heat wave, a tragic fire strikes...
43) Grifter's game
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Your name's Joe Marlin, but you change it almost as often as you change your shirt. It's David Gavilan when you skip a hotel bill and head for Atlantic City. You left empty-handed, and you need luggage to check into a decent hotel, so you grab two checked bags before the owner turns up to claim them. They're monogrammed L.K.B.-so now your name is Leonard K. Blake.
But you're not the only L.K.B. in Atlantic City. L. Keith Brassard is the owner of...
44) The uninvited
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After a disturbing freshman year at New York University, Mimi is happy to get away to her father's remote Canadian cottage only to discover a stranger living there who has never heard of her or her father and who is convinced that Mimi is responsible for leaving sinister tokens around the property.
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"A missing woman, a shocking pregnancy, a dash of international intrigue, and a bottle or two of good Bergerac: it's another case for Bruno, Chief of Police. When a British tourist fails to turn up for a luxurious cooking vacation in Bruno's usually idyllic Dordogne village of St. Denis, the worried hostess is quick to call on Bruno for help. Monica Felder is nowhere to be found, and her husband, a retired British major, is unreachable. And not long...
47) City of secrets
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(Victoria E.).Counterfeit lady novel volume 2
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"An exciting new book in the series featuring woman-on-the-run Elizabeth Miles--from the beloved national bestselling author of the Gaslight Mysteries. Con artist Elizabeth Miles has determined that Society is the biggest con of all. So far, Elizabeth's only real social success has been with Priscilla Knight. Priscilla is a dedicated suffragist who was recently widowed for the second time in her young life. Her beloved first husband, DeForrest Jenks,...
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Alex Morrow volume 1
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When three armed men invade a quiet Glasgow home and demand audience with a person who does not live there, Alex Morrow investigates their apparent mistake, a situation that escalates as violent acts are committed against the hostages.
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DeMille introduces twenty original tales by today's most elite mystery writers who explore the life (and death) of the rich and infamous. From multinational boardrooms to palatial mansions to exotic playlands, these suspenseful, gold-standard tales reveal in scary, funny, and riveting ways just how much trouble money can buy.
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When she discovers that her unstable former sister-in-law has joined the Remnant, a fanatical religious cult, and that she plans to regain custody of her son and take him with her into the cult, Evan Delaney is dragged into the nightmare when a member of the Remnant is found murdered and her brother becomes a suspect in the crime.
52) Rebel fire
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Young Sherlock Holmes volume 2
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In 1868, teenaged Sherlock Holmes discovers that his American tutor is hunting a notorious killer who was supposedly killed by the United States government, but who is apparently alive and well in Surrey, England.
53) Twice shy
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Like most waking nightmares, it all begins innocently enough, when a young physicist named Jonathan Derry is handed a broadway musical cassette by a friend whom, to Derry's horror, soon dies violently. Only when the violence begins to spread in Derry's direction does he discover that what appears to be a simple entertainent is really a computer program for a handicapping system designed by an unknown genius to be error-free and to make its bearer...
54) The silver swan
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Quirke volume 2
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Two years have passed since the events of the bestselling Christine Falls, and much has changed for Quirke, the irascible, formerly hard-drinking Dublin pathologist. His beloved Sarah is dead, the Judge lies in a convent hospital paralyzed by a devastating stroke, and Phoebe, Quirke's long-denied daughter, has grown increasingly withdrawn and isolated. With much to regret from his last inquisitive foray, Quirke ought to know better than to let his...
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Encyclopedia Brown books volume 5
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The town's ten-year-old walking encyclopedia again solves ten neighborhood mysteries. The final solutions to the cases are at the back of the book, giving the reader a chance to compare his skill to that of Encyclopedia Brown.
57) Sixkill
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Spenser volume 39
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When infamous actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of rape and murder, the Boston PD calls on Spenser to make heads or tails of the case. Although the evidence is mounting against Jumbo, Spenser makes a break when he teams up with Jumbo's bodyguard, Zebulon Sixkill, and uncovers some secrets involving the murder victim.
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Gus Carpenter, editor of the local newspaper, has recently returned to Starvation after a failed attempt to make it big at the Detroit Times. In his youth, Gus was the goalie who let a state championship get away, crushing Coach's dreams and earning the town's enmity. Now he's investigating the murder of his former coach. But even more unsettling to Gus are the holes in the town's past and the gnawing suspicion that those holes may conceal some dark...
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High-rise private eyes volume case no. 008
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In their latest case, animal detectives Bunny and Jack help Mabel the duck find out who stole the sugar cubes from her tea room.
60) The awful pawful
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Jack Russell dog detective volume 5
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Jack Russell investigates when all of the dogs who live in Doggeroo are hiding under their beds in fear.